'Wood-burning stoves are making my asthma worse'

Sarah Mackiewicz, from Burton-upon-Trent, who has asthma, wants stoves to be used safely.

Labour to put health warnings on wood burners

Labour is set to put health warning labels on new wood-burning stoves under the party’s plans to address pollution.
Yahoo

Wood burners may soon carry health warnings – these are the risks you need to know

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The use of wood burners in the UK has nearly doubled since 2009. (lucentius via Getty Images) There's something incredibly ...
The BMJ

The growing threat of domestic wood burning stoves—and industry’s legal attempts to shut down clean air campaigns

As public health officials warn about rising emissions from urban wood burning, a BMJ investigation finds that just under a third of councils in high use areas have faced pressure from the stove ...
Forbes

States May Sue EPA Over Wood-Burning Stove Standards: What To Know About Hazardous Emissions

A group of ten states plan to sue the Environmental Protection Agency for failing to update its residential wood-burning stove emissions standards, citing potential health and environmental risks the ...

Readers on wood-burning stove Smoke Control Area rules

PRESS readers reacted to new rules governing what stoves people in York can have and what they can burn. City of York Council’s Executive approved a city-wide Smoke Control Area (SCA) requiring ...

Wood burning stoves and log burner bans 'on the table' in fireplace law change

Labour has announced a consultation on its Environmental Improvement Plan including potential restrictions on wood-burning ...
The Conversation

Wood‑burning stoves are a serious problem for your health – and the environment

Asit Kumar Mishra is a DOROTHY co-fund Fellow and Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow and receives funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska ...